More #ResistanceIsEverywhere from our regular heroes. 🛻👷
Sometimes the most mundane forms of sabotage are the best! Tow truck heroes for the resistance.
Keep watching for #resistance & the #ConscientiousObjector Fascism thrives on the assumption that they are too powerful. They are not.
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbz3qqostqq5fimttuksyjlb/post/3ls3rjw5i3c2w
https://centeronconscience.org/who-is-military-co/
“Contact the Center on #Conscience & War if you’re in the #USmilitary and want to seek discharge or reassignment as a #ConscientiousObjector. We’ll work with you to navigate the admin process. All of our services are completely free of charge. If you’re facing deployment soon, please don’t wait.
Call 202-483-2220
A firm, fixed, and sincere objection to participation in war in any form or the bearing of arms, by reason of religious training and/or belief. DoD 1300.06 Conscientious Objection”
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Every year on May 15th we remember conscientious objectors, both past and present. Around the world many people are imprisoned or forced to flee their home countries for refusing to join the armed forces. On May 15th we stand in solidarity with them, as well as celebrating the memory of those throughout history who have resisted conscription.
https://www.ppu.org.uk/international-conscientious-objectors-day-may-15th
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#conscientiousobjector #peace #antiwar
May 15 is International Conscientious Objectors Day
I'm very proud of my client, Lt. Joy Metzler, who appeared on Democracy Now! today.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/aaron_bushnell
#Gaza #ConscientiousObjector #ConscientiousObjection #Palestine #Peace #ShalomSalaam
#russia : #military / #conscientiousobjector / #religion / #repression
„Military officials deny many young men Alternative Civilian Service (ACS), rather than military service, despite their demonstrating their pacifist convictions.“
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/09/why-jimmy-carter-pardoned-draft-resisters/
Gerry Condon recalls the years of determined resistance and organizing that led the late president to pardon draft resisters. By Gerry Condon The passing of Jimmy Carter has been duly noted in ubiquitous remembrances and commentaries on his four-year presidency, 1977-1981.…
#Politics #Canada #Commentary #Military #Protests #Sweden #U.s. #Vietnam #AmexCanada #ConscientiousObjector #DraftResisters #FritzEfaw #GerryCondon #LouiseRansom #PresidentGeraldFord #PresidentJimmyCarter #PresidentRichardNixon #PresidentialPardon #RonKovic #SteveGrossman #VietnamDraft #VietnamWar
#Palestine / Israeli combat medic refuses army return, citing war crimes and Gaza Holocaust
Neta Lens Arbel, a 24-year-old former combat medic, has publicly refused to rejoin the Israeli army, citing the military's actions and values as contradictory to his moral principles.
Having previously served in the army and witnessed the treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank, Lens Arbel stated that the army's operations, including the ongoing war, involve human rights violations and actions against humanity. He describes the events in Gaza as a #holocaust, stating there is a systematic destruction of life there.
He believes that the army's actions are enabled by dehumanization and nationalistic propaganda, and that his refusal is a necessary step to promote peace and human rights.
Lens Arbel is the tenth public objector since the start of the war, joining four others currently imprisoned or facing repeated sentences: Itamar Greenberg (150 days), Yuval Moav (125 days), Ido Eilam and Sol Bachar Tslik (30 days each). Punishments for conscientious objectors have been intensified since the war began.
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
#ConscientiousObjector
#GazaGenocide
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #conscientiousobjector / #refusenik
„Conscientious objectors Iddo Elam and Soul Behar Tsalik tell +972 why their wartime draft refusal is a stand for a better future for all in Israel-Palestine.”
https://www.972mag.com/iddo-elam-soul-behar-tsalik-israeli-military-refusal
#ukraine #russia : #war / #recruitment / #conscientiousobjector / #religion / #humaneights / #repression
„On 11 June, Recruitment Office officials tortured Adventist conscientious objector Pavlo Halagan to pressure him to accept mobilisation. "They tied me to the bed with chains and began to physically torture, punch and beat me," he complained.“
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/14/air-force-academy-grad-deconstructs-a-military-mindset/
I am very proud to share this op-ed written by one of my clients, a USAF officer who has applied for #ConscientiousObjector status.
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #NonViolene #USAF #USMilitary #Military
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #idf / #conscientiousobjector / #resistance
„Conscientious objectors Yuval Moav, Itamar Greenberg, and Oryan Mueller explain why they are willing to go to jail in order to stand against the war.“
https://x.com/kawakami_yasu/status/1817276092723441885
（川上泰徳さんのＸポスト）
… イスラエルに限らず、自国の不正義や自国軍の戦争犯罪などの不都合に気づき、人間として行動するとすれば、どの国でも、日本でも、イスラエルの兵役拒否者の若者のように国家と国民の「正義」と個人で対峙することを覚悟しなければなりません。
私は２３年前に新聞のエルサレム特派員だった時に、高校を卒業後、兵役を拒否した若者たちに取材して記事を書いたことがあるので、今回、４０代になった彼らの話も聞きました。いずれ紹介します。
https://x.com/kawakami_yasu/status/1816762381797671225
川上泰徳 さんのＸでも、イスラエルで兵役拒否を選ぶ若者の話題：
テルアビブで開かれた兵役拒否者の若者たちの集会を見ました。今夏高校を卒業したが、８月の召集で兵役拒否を決めたという３人の１８歳の若者が壇上に。拒否の理由やイスラエルの占領やガザ戦争について司会者や会場からの質問に答えていました。壇上に「戦争に行くことを拒否」の看板。３人とも家族は兵役拒否に反対しているそうですが、占領やガザ戦争の現実を知ったら、軍に参加することはできない、と語っていました。兵役を拒否すれば収監されます。若者たちの率直な思いや意見を語る機会が設けられていることに感銘を受けました。
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Israeli conscientious objector Tal Mitnick granted army exemption（Middle East Monitor, 2024-07-12）
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上記三名の内、女性のSofia Orr は85日間の収監の後「良心的兵役拒否者」として認められた。
また最初に拒否したTal Mitnick は六回＝半年以上の収監（「罰」が終わってもまた徴兵がかかるので、拒否して収監… を繰り返す）の挙句、恐らく精神鑑定で不合格という形で？ 兵役免除が７月上旬に決定されたとのこと。
#ukraine #russia : #UkraineWar / #conscientiousobjector / #repression
„In late March a Lviv Region court sentenced Protestant conscientious objector Serhy Stadnitsky to a 3-year jail term for refusing mobilisation on grounds of conscience. "I don't want to kill people," he told Forum 18, adding that "of course" he would be willing to perform alternative civilian service.“
Young men are forced to take part in #ConscriptLottery, but the #rich often avoid serving in #army.
#Netiwit said the system was outdated, ineffective and unfairly affected the poorest, who were less well placed to find ways to avoid the draft. #Thailand #MilitaryDraft
Thai #ConscientiousObjector risks jail in rare refusal of #MilitaryService
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/thai-conscientious-objector-risks-jail-in-rare-refusal-of-military-service
